Intelligent Design

ISBN 10: 8773079308 / ISBN 13: 9788773079300

Published by Aarhus University Press, 2007

About this Item

The idea of intelligent design has given rise to some interesting epistemological, methodological, and ontological questions, which are relevant for the formulation and understanding of science. This book discusses these questions. Editor(s): Etemadi, Maziar H.; Ohrstrom, Peter. Num Pages: 116 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 9. Weight in Grams: 224. . 2007. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Intelligent Design
• Publisher: Aarhus University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8773079308
• ISBN 13: 9788773079300
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The basic claim of intelligent design is that some significant problems inherent in the core of the scientific theories about the origin of life are being neglected in the mainstream of modern epistemology, scientific thinking, and philosophy of science. The advocates of the intelligent design hold that certain features of the universe and of living things can only be explained by an intelligent cause, not just by reference to an undirected process such as natural selection. They also hold that a proper description of nature should include the notion of 'purpose' i.e. that teleological descriptions should not in principle be excluded from the scientific literature. A great majority of the scientific community rejects the scientific validity and relevance of these claims. On the other hand, the idea of intelligent design has given rise to some interesting epistemological, methodological, and ontological questions, which are relevant for the formulation and understanding of science. In this book a group of scientists and philosophers discuss these questions. Some of the authors defend the basic ideas of intelligent design while others oppose these ideas.

About the Authors

Maziar H Etemadi is ph.d at the Department og Learning and Philophy, Universitety of Aalborg, Denmark.

Peter Øhrstrøm, dr.scient. & lic.phil.is Professor at The Department of Communication and Psychology, University of Aalborg, Denmark Areas of interest: The concept of Time, Philosophical logic, Existential and Conceptual Graphs, Natural and Formal Languages, Science and Ethics.